By Mike Triplett
METAIRIE, La. -- Forget Mike, Will and Sam. The New Orleans Saints should just label all of their linebackers, "Alpha."
After signing Demario Davis to a three-year, $24 million contract in free agency, the Saints now have four guys with a history of playing middle linebacker and serving as the signal-calling "quarterback of the defense" in the NFL with the communication device in their helmets.
Last year they added A.J. Klein and Manti Te'o. The year before that, it was Craig Robertson. And second-year weakside linebacker Alex Anzalone served that role for a while in college.
It remains to be seen how the Saints will use all of them -- especially since they spend most of their time in nickel defense with only two linebackers on the field.
But it's clear they like having as many of those alpha types in the room as possible. As linebackers coach Mike Nolan put it, they consider it "a good problem to have."
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